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  1. Breaking the cycle: A novel eco-friendly strategy for poly(hexamethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate) synthesis and recycling

    Article • Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, April 2026, Elsevier

    Miss Catarina F Araujo

  2. Exploring 3,4-PEF: A Renewable Polymer with Unique Crystallization and Thermal Properties

    Article • Polymer, January 2025, Elsevier

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  3. Revealing Entropy Effects in Deep Eutectic Mixtures with Neutron Spectroscopy

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  4. How Simulations Help Us Understand and Predict the Structure of Complex Crystals

    Article • CrystEngComm, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  5. Delving into Deep Eutectic Solvents with Vibrational Spectroscopy: A Comprehensive Review

    Article • Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, August 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  6. The importance of entropy in Deep Eutectic behaviour

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  7. Revisiting the Crystal Structure of PTF: A New Model Using Computational Spectroscopy

    Article • Polymer Chemistry, January 2024, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  8. How Changing a Chemical Chain Affects Plastic Properties: A Study on a New Type of Bio-Based Polymer

    Article • Frontiers in Chemistry, December 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  9. Understanding the Structure and Dynamics of Nanocellulose-Based Composites with Neutral and Ionic Poly(methacrylate) Derivatives Using Inelastic Neutron Scattering and DFT Calculations

    Article • Molecules, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  10. Vibrational Dynamics of Crystalline 4-Phenylbenzaldehyde from INS Spectra and Periodic DFT Calculations

    Article • Molecules, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  11. Asymmetric Monomer, Amorphous Polymer? Structure–Property Relationships in 2,4-FDCA and 2,4-PEF

    Article • Macromolecules, February 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  12. Vibrational dynamics of 4-fluorobenzaldehyde from periodic DFT calculations

    Article • Chemical Physics Letters X, April 2019, Elsevier

    Miss Catarina F Araujo, Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro

  13. What a difference a methyl group makes – probing choline–urea molecular interactions through urea structure modification

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro, Miss Catarina F Araujo

  14. Raman Spectroscopy for Faster and Accurate Detection of Microplastics

    Article • Water Research, October 2018, Elsevier

    Miss Catarina F Araujo, Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro

  15. Exploring the Structure and Behavior of PEF: What Happens Inside the Plastic

    Article • Macromolecules, April 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Miss Catarina F Araujo, Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro

  16. Hydrogen Bond Dynamics of Cellulose through Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy

    Article • Biomacromolecules, March 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Miss Catarina F Araujo, Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro

  17. Eutéctico

    Article • Revista de Ciência Elementar, March 2017, ICETA

    Miss Catarina F Araujo

  18. Characterization of Microplastics by Raman Spectroscopy

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Miss Catarina F Araujo, Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro

  19. Inelastic neutron scattering study of reline: shedding light on the hydrogen bonding network of deep eutectic solvents

    Article • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, January 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Miss Catarina F Araujo, Stewart Parker, Prof. Paulo Ribeiro-Claro